Railway tie and rail fastener



G. W. HANNER.

RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 12. 1920.

1 ,403,027, Patented Jan. 10, 1922.

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RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL FASTENEB.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. it), 31922.

Application filed August 12, 1920. Serial No. 403,081. I

To all whom it mayconcem:

Be it known that 1, Greece W. HANNER, citizen of the United States, residing at Lordsburg, in the county of Hidalgo and State of New Mexico, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway ture will be formed of metal and wherein.

the use of spikes or other similar fastening devices for securing the rails will be eliminated.

The invention has as a further object to provide a tie and rail fastening wherein the rails may be securely clamped to the tie and wherein the clamps employed for securing the rails will also serve to brace the rails with respect to each other.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a tie and rail fastening wherein the clamps may be readily tensioned to bind against the rails for thus securing the rails firmly in position and wherein the tension upon the clamps may be readily adjusted.

And the invention has as a still further object to provide a tie and rail fastening of such construction that the rails may be readily positioned upon the tie and secured thereto.

Other and incidentalobjects will appear hereinafter. s

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary plan view showing a section of track wherein ties of the present invention areemployed,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 2'-2 ofFigure 1, looking in the direction of the arrows,

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective view particularly showing the meeting ends of the companion rail clamps employed upon the tie,

Figure 4 is a fragmentary perspective view showing one end portion of the tie in detail, and

, Figure 5 is' a detail perspective view showing one of the fish plates employed at the,

meeting ends of the track rails.

In carrying the invention into effect, I employ a substantially channel shaped tie which is preferably constructed entirely of metal and is formed with a bottom wall 10 from which upstand side walls 11; Thebottom wall "is tapered toward opposite ends of the tie, being thickest at a point substantially midway between said ends while the side walls 11 are, as particularly shown in Figure 2 of the drawings, medially cut away or reduced in height. Extending transversely between the side walls 11 near the ends of the tie are chair plates 12 at the outer side edges of which are overhanging rail engaging flanges 13. These flanges also extend between and connect the sidewalls of the tie. Extending between said side walls at the inner side edges of said plates are upstanding stirrups or loops 14L.

The chair plates 12 are designed toreceive the rails, as conventionally illustrated at 15 in Figure 1, the base flanges of the rails seat ing flat against said plates and, at their outer side edges abutting the flanges 13'so that these latter flanges will thus engage over the base flanges of the rails at their outer sides. As particularly shown in F igure 2, the flanges 13 are fo med to snugly fit the base flanges of the rails bearing thereagainst and will thus not onlyserve to secure the rails against spreading but will also serve to anchor the rails at their outer sides to the tie. Upstanding from the bottom wall of the tie at a pointsubstantially midway between its ends is a stud 16 having a head embedded in the thickened portionof the bottom wall of the tie and coacting with this stud are companion rail clamps 17. At

their outer ends these clamps are provided with laterally enlarged heads 18 which are formed to slidably but snugly fit through the stirrups 14 of the tie engaging over the base flanges of the rails at their inner sides. At their inner ends. the clamps 17 are, as particularly shown in Figure 3, provided with medial longitudinal notches 19 to accommodate the stud 16 and threaded upon said stud beneath the innerends of said clamps is a nut 20. 'Freelyfitted upon the stud to seat against this nut is a reinfore ing plate 21 extending longitudinally of the clamps beyond the notches 19 for bracing the clamps at thelr inner end portions and freely fitted upon the studto overliethe inner end portions of the clamps is a substantially channel shaped shoe 22. This shoe is of a length substantially equal to that of the plate 21 and theside walls of theshoe are arranged to receive said plate therebetween so that the shoe willthus coact with earner GEFEQEE.

the clamps and with said plate for holding .the plate in register with the clamps.

Threaded upon the upper end portion of the stud to coact with the shoe is a locking nut 23. v

As will now be readily understood in view of the preceding description, by loosening the nut 23 and adjusting the nut 20 upwardly upon the stud 16, the clamps will be rocked within the stirrups 14:, the stirrups acting to fulcrum the clamps so that the heads of the clamps will be caused to bind downwardly against the upper faces of the innerside portions of the base flanges of the rails for thus firmly clamping the rails upon the tie. The nut 23 may then again be tightened for securing the clamps in adjusted position and, as will be appreciated,

the clamps may,- in the manner indicated, be ad usted from tlme to time for taking up any looseness WlllCll may develop or increasing the tension on. the clamps. As will be noted, the clamps will serve-to rigidly brace rails, companion 'fish plates 24.

in detail in Figure 5, these'fish plates are the rails with respect to each other.

In conjunction with the tie and rail fastening I employ, at the meeting ends of the As shown provided with spaced openings for receiving the usual bolts connecting the rails at their ends and formed on the plates at their lower margins are medial laterally directed stop lugs 25fitting, as particularly shown in Figure 1, snugly between the side walls of adjacent ties. Attheircends, the fish plates carry, at their lower margins, laterally directed stop lugs 26- alining'withthe lugs 25 and, as will be noted, the lugs 26 are dis-.

posed to confront the outer side walls of the ties at the raiLjoint. The lugs 25 and 26 said means common to the clamps.

2. A rail'tie and fastening including a tie body having rail engaging means, coacting railyengaging clamps, fulcrum means carried by the tie body to coact with the outer end portions of said clamps, and means for Y adjustably rocking the inner-end portions of the clamps vertically whereby to bind the outer end portions of the clamps in engagem'ent withthe base flanges of rails engaged by said first mentioned means.

3. A tall tie and fastening includinga tie inner end portions of the clamps and operable to adjustably rock the clamps vertically whereby to bind the heads thereof against the base flanges of rails engaged by said first mentioned means. i 1

5. A rail tie and fastening including a tie body having side walls joined by chair plates and provided adjacent said plates with rail engaging flanges, the tie body being formed with stirrups confronting said plates, companion clamps mounted to rock vertically upon the tie body within said stirrups, and means for adjustably rocking said clamps in engagement with rails seated upon said plates and. engaged by said flanges.

' 6. A rail tie and fastening including a tie body having rail engaging means, clamps mounted to rock vertically upon the tie body, a stud upstanding from the tie body, and meansjadjustable upon said stud for rocking the clam asin engagement with rails engaged" by said means.

7. A'rail tie and fastening-including a tie body having *ra1l engaging means, "rail clamps mounted to rock vertically upon the tie body, a stud upstanding from the tie body, the inner end portions of, the clamps being notched to receive the stud there through, and a nut adjustable upon the stud to coact-with the inner end portions of the clamps for rocking the clamps into binding engagement with the rails engaged by said means. V

8. A rail tie and fastening including a tie body having rail engaging means, rail clamps mounted to rock vertically upon the tie body, a stud upstanding from the tie body, a nut adjustable. upon said stud, a plate freely receiving the stud therethrough and seating against said nut to coact with the inner end portions of the clamps, a shoe overlying the inner end portions of the clamps and having flanges coacting with the clamps and withsaid plate for holding the plate alined with the clamps, and a lock nut threaded upon the stud to coact with the shoe, the nuts being adjustable for rocking 1 the clamps into engagement with rails en; gaged by said means. 7 Q 1 In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

GEORGE W. HANNER. [1... 5. 

